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Graphic: Dallas Children's Museum
New Dallas Children’s Museum Announces Board Members, Preliminary Launch Plans
by Lance Murray | Nov 15, 2024
While the museum searches for the perfect spot in southeast Dallas, it's making big plans for inspiring local kids. Through hands-on exhibits, creative programs, and deep community partnerships, it aims to spark something powerful through play—helping children discover how they can shape their world and make it better.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 7, 2024
Some two dozen new murals of performing artists from Post Malone to Edie Brickell to St. Vincent will be going up at Deep Ellum Art Park, located at the gateway to the historic neighborhood underneath Highway I-345. Attendees of the Deep Ellum Block Party on Nov. 23 will have the chance to pick up a brush and join in.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 6, 2024
Looking like gleaming sculptures that could take off at any moment, the 230-bike collection at the newly relocated Haas Moto Museum offers an "unparalleled archive" of 125 years of motorcycle history. But wait, there's more...
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by David Seeley |
Oct 29, 2024
Think the Cowboys are a joke this year? Wait'll you see the Dec. 9 Cowboys-Bengals game transformed into the world of "The Simpsons" via real-time optical tracking and Beyond Sports technology. To be streamed live on Disney+ and ESPN+, the alternate Monday night telecast will give you something you can really laugh about.
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Ferris Wheelers Backyard & BBQ in Dallas will be one of the JAMBALOO live music venue sites. [Photo: This & That Hospitality]
JAMBALOO Free Live Music Events to Crisscross North Texas in February
by Lance Murray | Oct 23, 2024
Organizers said that JAMBALOO is more than just a series of concerts; it's a community-driven initiative designed to uplift the local music scene during challenging times. The week will kick off on Feb. 1 with the JAMBALOO Symposium at Tulips in Fort Worth, an event where leaders will gather to discuss the future of the music ecosystem in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 21, 2024
Dallas-based professional theater company Lyric Stage believes musicals can stir spirits and move audiences like nothing else. After more than 125 productions since its 1993 launch—including 21 world-premiere musicals and two Off-Broadway shows—the nonprofit continues its mission to develop and preserve the musical, which it calls “a unique art form.” To help achieve that goal, Lyric Stage announced it has appointed two key staff members to new roles.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 18, 2024
Tricia Guenther has been named patron services and co-artistic director, and Scott Guenther has been appointed managing & co-artistic director of Lyric Stage, which is on a mission "to develop and preserve the musical."
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by David Seeley |
Oct 17, 2024
Now you see it, now you don't: Virtual film production can bring limitless vistas onto a soundstage with the flick of a digital button. Now a new three-stage virtual production studio is set to bring creative visions to life, via a partnership between Fort Worth's Trinity Broadcasting Network and Seattle-based integrator Optic8.
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The John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is in the city of Combine, 25 minutes southeast of downtown Dallas. [Photo: John Bunker Sands Wetland Center]
The Last Word: On a ‘WOW’ Environmental Art Installation Event Coming to the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
by Lance Murray | Oct 8, 2024
Kaufman County's John Bunker Sands Wetland Center, an innovative water treatment system and one of the country's largest manmade wetlands, is looking to up its public profile with an environmental art installation unveiling at a "Wings Over the Wetland" WOW Event on November 16.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 8, 2024
Titled "FuturePresentPast," the one-night-only event will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, at Dallas City Hall and surrounding areas. Regional and international artists will be presenting "an expansive exhibition of technology-based public art" that explores North Texas' past "in order to shape our future through the present."
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 4, 2024
Fort Worth-based marketing agency The Starr Conspiracy has officially rebranded as TSC, signaling a new era with fresh leadership. CEO Ashley Bernard is steering the agency toward innovation, AI investment, and cutting-edge marketing strategies, with the rebrand unveiled at the 2024 HR Technology Conference & Exposition.
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2024 Arlington High School graduate Mason Moore, first place winner at the 2024 Beats for Good competition [Video still: Mason Moore YouTube]
The Last Word: Winners Announced for Mid‑Cities ‘Beats for Good’ Competition
by David Seeley | Oct 4, 2024
Beats for Good—a high school music competition for students in the Arlington, Hurst-Euless-Bedford, and Mansfield school districts—invited students to put their best performances forward by submitting videos of their talent in action. Back on September 6, the top judged entries were posted online with visitors asked to vote for their favorites—and the winners are in. First place went to 2024 Arlington High School graduate Mason Moore and his spellbinding acoustic guitar rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Sep 25, 2024
“It’s VR without the goggles.”
Justin Renville
General Manager
Cosm Dallas
…via Inclusion Cloud’s Jayme Byrd after touring the newly opened Cosm Dallas at Grandscape.
Cosm Dallas, the new immersive entertainment venue at Grandscape, is turning heads....
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by David Seeley |
Sep 25, 2024
The $158 million Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum at UT Dallas in Richardson has begun to take living shape with today's opening of the Crow Museum of Asian Art's second location and Tuesday's groundbreaking for a new 680-seat performance hall and music building. The project's goal: transforming UT Dallas into a cultural destination for North Texas.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Sep 25, 2024
Premiering Sept. 28 on KERA and across the U.S., Season 12 of PBS' "START UP" will profile 13 North Texas small businesses focused on everything from bouldering to micro-weddings to EV charging. The show's Emmy-nominated host, Gary Bredow, promises "behind-the-scenes stories of grit, passion, and innovation." Meet the 13 local businesses—and their entrepreneur owners—who'll soon be on national TV.
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